Preface

Intended Audience

Welcome to Release 7.3 of the Oracle Demantra Predictive Trade Planning User's Guide.

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Structure

1  PTP Introduction
2  Predictive Trade Planning Concepts
3  Logging On and Getting Started
4  Oracle Demantra Dashboard
5  PTP: Managing and Viewing Quotas and Funds
6  PTP: Tracking Volume
7  PMO: Planning Promotions

This chapter describes how to create promotions and make changes if needed, as part of the PMO business process.


8  PMO: Promotion Calendars
9  PMO: Simulation and Optimization
10  PMO: Examining and Comparing Promotions
11  PMO: Reviewing Past Performance
12  Creating Worksheets and Content Panes
13  PTP Reference

This chapter provides reference information for PTP series, levels, methods, and so on.


14  Administration

Related Information Sources

Do Not Use Database Tools to Modify Oracle E-Business Suite Data

Oracle STRONGLY RECOMMENDS that you never use SQL*Plus, Oracle Data Browser, database triggers, or any other tool to modify Oracle E-Business Suite data unless otherwise instructed.

Oracle provides powerful tools you can use to create, store, change, retrieve, and maintain information in an Oracle database. But if you use Oracle tools such as SQL*Plus to modify Oracle E-Business Suite data, you risk destroying the integrity of your data and you lose the ability to audit changes to your data.

Because Oracle E-Business Suite tables are interrelated, any change you make using an Oracle E-Business Suite form can update many tables at once. But when you modify Oracle E-Business Suite data using anything other than Oracle E-Business Suite, you may change a row in one table without making corresponding changes in related tables. If your tables get out of synchronization with each other, you risk retrieving erroneous information and you risk unpredictable results throughout Oracle E-Business Suite.

When you use Oracle E-Business Suite to modify your data, Oracle E-Business Suite automatically checks that your changes are valid. Oracle E-Business Suite also keeps track of who changes information. If you enter information into database tables using database tools, you may store invalid information. You also lose the ability to track who has changed your information because SQL*Plus and other database tools do not keep a record of changes.